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. 2018 Jul 11;30(8):1673–1694. doi: 10.1105/tpc.18.00083

Table 4. Brachypodium as a Model Organism for Investigations of Plant-Microbe and Plant-Invertebrate Interactions.

Microbe or Invertebrate References
MICROBES
Viruses
 Bamboo mosaic virus (BaMV) Liou et al. (2014)
 Satellite RNA (BaMV satRNA) Liou et al. (2014)
 Barley stripe mosaic virus (BSMV) Pacak et al. (2010); Yuan et al. (2011); Cui et al. (2012); Mandadi et al. (2014); Cheuk and Houde (2017); Wang et al. (2017)
 Barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV-GAV) Tao et al. (2016)
 Brome mosaic virus (BMV) Mandadi et al. (2014)
 Foxtail mosaic virus (FoMV) Mandadi et al. (2014)
 Maize dwarf mosaic virus Rosenkranz (1978)
 Maize mild mottle virus (MMMV) Mandadi et al. (2014)
 Panicum mosaic virus (PMV) Mandadi and Scholthof (2012)
Satellite panicum mosaic virus (SPMV) Mandadi and Scholthof (2012); Mandadi et al. (2015)
 Satellite RNA (satRNA) Pyle et al. (2017); Pyle and Scholthof (2018)
 Sorghum yellow banding virus (SYBV) Mandadi et al. (2014)
 Sugarcane mosaic virus (SCMV) Rosenkranz (1978)
 Wheat steak mosaic virus (WSMV) Mandadi et al. (2014)
Bacteria
 Agrobacterium tumefaciens, crown gall, transformationa Vain et al. (2008); Steinwand et al. (2013); Bragg et al. (2015); Sogutmaz Ozdemir and Budak (2018)
 Azospirillum brasilense, rhizobacteria, growth promoting do Amaral et al. (2016)
 Bacillus subtilis, endophyte Gagné-Bourque et al. (2015)
 Herbaspirillum seropedicae, rhizobacteria, growth promoting do Amaral et al. (2016)
 Rhizobium rhizogenes, biocontrol, transformationa Collier et al. (2016)
 Xanthomonas translucens, black chaff (wheat/barley) Fitzgerald et al. (2015)
Fungi: Ascomycetes
 Alternaria sp, leaf spotb Roy et al. (2011)
 Ascochyta sp, leaf spotb Roy et al. (2011)
 Bipolaris sorokiniana Falter and Voigt (2014)
 Blumeria graminis, powdery mildew Draper et al. (2001)
 Claviceps purpurea, ergot Kind et al. (2017)
 Cochliobolus heterostrophus, southern corn leaf blight Falter and Voigt (2014)
 Cochliobolus sativus, root rot/leaf spot Zhong et al. (2015)
 Colletotrichum cereale, anthracnose (turf) Sandoya and de Oliveira Buanafina (2014)
 Epichloë sylvatica, endophyteb Meijer and Leuchtmann (1999); Brem and Leuchtmann (2001)
 Fusarium culmorum, head blight Peraldi et al. (2014)
 Fusarium graminearum, head blight Peraldi et al. (2014)
 Fusarium pseudograminearum, crown rot Powell et al. (2017)
 Gaeumannomyces graminis Sandoya and de Oliveira Buanafina (2014)
 Magnaporthe grisea, rice blast Routledge et al. (2004)
 Magnaporthe poae Sandoya and de Oliveira Buanafina (2014)
 Microdochium nivale, snow mold (turf) Rioux et al. (2017)
 Neotyphodium sp, endophyte Brem and Leuchtmann (2001)
 Oculimacula spp, eye spot (barley) Peraldi et al. (2014)
 Ophiosphaerella agrostis, dead spot (turf) Sandoya and de Oliveira Buanafina (2014)
 Ophiosphaerella korrae, necrotic ringspot (turf) Sandoya and de Oliveira Buanafina (2014)
 Pithomyces chartarum Falter and Voigt (2014)
 Pyrenophora erythrospila, leaf spotb Halbritter et al. (2012)
 Pyrenophora teres, net blotch Brown et al. (1993)
 Ramularia collo-cygni, Ramularia leaf spot (barley) Peraldi et al. (2014)
 Sclerotinia homeocarpa, dollar spot (turf) Sandoya and de Oliveira Buanafina (2014); Rioux et al. (2017)
 Stagonospora macropycnidia Falter and Voigt (2014)
 Stagonospora nodorum, glume blotchb Halbritter et al. (2012)
 Zymoseptoria tritici, Septoria tritici blotch O’Driscoll et al. (2015)
Fungi: Basidiomycetes
 Puccinia brachypodii, leaf rusta Barbieri et al. (2011)
 Puccinia emaculata, switchgrass rust Gill et al. (2015)
 Puccinia graminis f. sp lolii Figueroa et al. (2013)
 Puccinia graminis f. sp phlei-pratensis Figueroa et al. (2013)
 Puccinia striiformis f. sp avenea, stripe rust (oat) Ayliffe et al. (2013)
 Puccinia striiformis f. sp bromi, stripe rust (brome grass) Barbieri et al. (2011)
 Puccinia striiformis f. sp hordei, stripe rust (barley) Barbieri et al. (2011)
 Puccinia striiformis f. sp tritici, stripe rust (wheat) Barbieri et al. (2011); Ayliffe et al. (2013)
 Puccinia triticina Ayliffe et al. (2013)
 Rhizoctonia solani, brown patch (turf) Schneebeli et al. (2015); Rioux et al. (2017)
 Ustilago bromivora, loose smut Rabe et al. (2016)
Fungal-like organisms: oomycetes
 Pythium aphanidermatum Sandoya and de Oliveira Buanafina (2014)
Mycrorhizal fungi
 Glomus candidum Hong et al. (2012)
 Glomus versiforme Hong et al. (2012)
 Gigaspora decipiens Hong et al. (2012)
 Gigaspora gigantea Hong et al. (2012)
 Rhizophagus irregularis (Glomus intraradices) Hong et al. (2012); Jakobsen et al. (2016)
Rhizosphere
 Ascomycetes
  Chaetomium globosum Kawasaki et al. (2016)
  Emericellopsis mirabilis Kawasaki et al. (2016)
 Chitridomycetes
  Rhizophlyctis rosea Kawasaki et al. (2016)
 Actinobacteria
  Arthrobacter sp Staley et al. (2017)
  Alphaproteobacteria Kawasaki et al. (2016)
 Betaproteobacteria
  Herbaspirillum seropedicae, endophyte do Amaral et al. (2016)
  Achromobacter xylosoxidans Staley et al. (2017)
 Deltaproteobacteria
  Sorangium, cellulose degradation; fungicide and bactericide production; biocontrol agent Kawasaki et al. (2016)
 Gammaproteobacteria
  Stenotrophomonas Tkacz et al. (2015)
  Firmicutes Kawasaki et al. (2016); Staley et al. (2017)
INVERTEBRATES
Nematodes
 Heterodera avenae, cereal cyst nematodec Kong et al. (2016)
Earthworms
 Apporectodea caliginosa, endogeic earthworm Agapit et al. (2017)
Insects
 Diuraphis noxia, Russian wheat aphid Azhaguvel et al. (2014); Sandoya and de Oliveira Buanafina (2014)
 Laodelphax striatellus, small brown leafhopper Zhou et al. (2016)
 Schizaphis graminum, greenbug (aphid) Azhaguvel et al. (2014); Tao et al. (2016)
 Spodoptera frugiperda, Fall army worm Brem and Leuchtmann (2001); Sandoya and de Oliveira Buanafina (2014)

Within each grouping, microbes are listed in alphabetical order. Vernacular names and functions are indicated, as known.

a

For both B. distachyon and B. sylvaticum.

b

Host is B. sylvaticum.

c

On B. distachyon, H. avenae did not progress beyond the J2 stage.